My Fun CV

Software and Sales Internship, Turna Technology, June 2019 - August 2019

o Learning Javascript, Excel and assisting the software development team with minor objectives mostly involving Excel.
o Communicating with Government Supplies Office to further the firm’s aim to have their product enlisted on the GSO catalog which certifies that firm’s (software) product is trustworthy and well-priced.
o Communicating with Government Supplies Office to further the firm’s aim to have their product enlisted on the GSO catalog.
o Organizing the GSO documents in a precise and timely manner.
o Researching the patenting processes of the software product, attending the patenting seminars that are given to entrepreneurs and taking notes.
o Visiting municipalities to assist in negotiation processes, analyzing the products and business strategies of similar firms.

Sales Internship, Turna Technology, March 2021-June 2021 (one day a week - unofficial assistance)

o Attending online meetings with Qatari clients.
o Assisting transportation to and communication with municipalities, attending the negotiation processes between the firm and the potential customers.
o Contacting the Commercial Counsellors of Turkish Embassies through mail to increase international sales and further the firm’s insights about a potential foreign market.

I cannot thank my former boss at Turna Technology, Omer Faruk Kayaaslan enough. I had studied Python through Udemy and after seeing my enthusiasm, he accepted me as an intern in their company. His team helped me with my questions, gave me not too hard to manage but very informative tasks, mostly on Excel. Mr Kayaaslan is very skilled in Excel and seeing him manage his thought process by analyzing huge chunks of data just by writing a few functions made me think, “This data science thing may come in handy in the future.” I also thought of increasing my skills in sales so, I provided assistance voluntarily for a few months. I sometimes felt bored, sometimes felt amazing as we went out and made a sale. But most importantly I learned how to enjoy myself in an office environment, made friends, listened to people’s dreams, complaints, ups and downs.

Research Assistant of Yüksel Görmez, Executive Director of Financial Innovation Department of Central Bank of Republic of Turkey, April 2021 - ongoing

o Central Bank Electronic Payment technologies were theorized by using the latest news from USA and China.
o The theoretical assumptions were compiled and used to form a presentation on the upcomings of the Digital Yuan.
o China’s Electrical Vehicle Market’s growth was observed through EV products of Nio and SAIC-GM cooperated electric car Wuling Hongguang Mini EV.
o Investigative research and presentation on the Chinese electrical vehicle revolution.

I reached out to Yuksel Gormez after I gained momentum on my Chinese. CHINESE?? I will get to that part… Even though Mr Gormez is in Istanbul, he always motivated me to work on the niche topics that I loved. The Chinese EV market. The Chinese renewable energy market. The Chinese Economy. “What is this OBSESSION WITH CHINA?” You might ask. Let me answer. I always loved studying Asia. I have been to Europe and compared to far east, life is mostly similar to Turkey’s upper middle class’. But Asia has always been a mystery to me. Especially China’s economic growth fascinated me as I learned more and more about economics. I have to admit that there is a pragmatic motivation behind this decision too. China has become the second greatest economy in the world however no student in our department (which is economics!) was studying Chinese, and I was like:

And right now I proudly say that I am writing two articles on China. One of them is about China’s State Owned Enterprises and the other one is about Chinese Photovoltaic Industry.

Datacamp Certifications

(Statements of Accomplishments are available in my Linkedin profile)
• Introduction to R
• Intermediate R
• Data Manipulation with data.table in R
• Joining Data with data.table in R
• Introduction to the Tidyverse
• Data Manipulation with dplyr
• Introduction to Data Visualization with ggplot2
• Joining Data with dplyr

I have to mention my aim with these Datacamp certifications. Datacamp is an education website on programming and it has a career track in it with 25 courses, each having approximately 3-4 hours of content. A total of 88 hours needed to finish the track of “Professional Data Scientist with R”. Why is this important? Because the Datacamp subscription is 75 dollars and my country’s exchange rate looks like it’s from the chart of a seismograph machine that was taken out to partying to the club that John Wick killed all those people in the first movie. Our R programming professor told us that we only have 6 months on free membership. I found out about this track recently so I am working hard to get that professional certificate BEFORE MY FREE DATACAMP SUBSCRIPTION EXPIRES.

So, I am trying to get the best out of my subscription with a face like an agitated Mr Krabs.